The swim team travelled to Watermania in Richmond last week for the Vancouver Sea To Sky Zone Championships. As is all sports, our swimmers need to qualify for the BC Championships through this brand new zone due to BC School Sports re-aligning zones. In the case of swimming, this has created a much bigger 'super-zone' so the competition to qualify for provincials was fiercer than ever. Here is Coach Yoon's report:
The Collingwood Swim Team recently traveled to Richmond to take part in the annual Sea to Sky zone meet. We had several key members returning from last year's team, and it was great to have some new swimmers from the Grade 8 class representing our school in their first major high school swim meet.
Congratulations to our senior swimmer, Aidan Smith.
Aidan had several top finishes in all four of his individual events and will once again compete at the BC Championships. Aidan won a silver medal last year in the team relays, and we wish him all the best at Provincials.
Grade 8 students Harbour Dollinger and Isavella Barbosa also had strong performances. Harbour competed in six events, and Isavella qualified for Provincials with a 5th place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke. Tommy Dong and Josh Decoutea also qualified for Provincials.
Here is a recap of zones:
Aidan Smith (Grade 12)
50-meter freestyle 4th place
100-meter backstroke- 3rd place
100-meter freestyle -2nd place
200-meter IM- 6th place
Tommy Dong (Grade 11)
200-meter IM- 3rd place
100-meter breaststroke- 2nd place
Josh DeCoteau (Grade 10)
50-meter freestyle- 7th place
100-meter backstroke-5th place
100-meter freestyle -14th place
100-meter butterfly -6th place
Isavella Barbosa (Grade 8)
50-meter freestyle 9th place
100-meter breaststroke 5th place
200 meter IM- 9th place
100-meter freestyle 10th place
Tristan Govier (Grade 9)
100-meter freestyle-12th place
100-meter backstroke-9th place
50-meter butterfly-8th place
200-meter IM- 11th place
7th place- 200 Medley Relay Team
Harbour Dollinger (Gr 8)
Austin Liu (Gr 10)
Alwyn Tong (Gr 10)
Andersen Stewart (Gr 9)
Josh DeCoteau
Alwyn Tong
Aidan Smith
Isavella Barbosa
Jessica Young
Harbour Dollinger